Việt Nam News

Vietnamese-French writer Bùi Thị Hồng Vân (pen name Nuage Rose) met fans and students from the Alexandre Yersin High School at the Hà Nội French Culture Centre L’Espace yesterday.

Huế authorities have added six more villages to the list of recognised traditional crafts in an attempt to preserve and develop these crafts.

Lê Thư Hương, one of Việt Nam’s most talented flautists, will perform a recital at a show at the French Cultural Centre on June 18.

HCM City Books Distribution Co. (Fahasa) launched the 2016 “Books for Children in Suburban Areas” festival on June 1 to celebrate Children’s Day at the Cultural Centre in the suburban district of Hóc Môn.

A humble village by the seashore at Tam Kỳ City in central province of Quảng Nam will become full of art in June, with wall paintings as part of the Korea Foundation Community Art Exchange Programme.

Tourism promotion centres from 15 provinces and a city in the north sent officials to Hạ Long on May 31 to discuss mutual co-operation for tourism development.

The north-central city of Vinh has approved upgrades to the moat around the ancient Vinh citadel at a cost of VNĐ111 billion (around $5 million).

In the first five months of this year HCM City has received 2.1 million international visitors, 13.5 per cent more than in the same period last year.

Message from the Ambassador of Sweden

A concert led by conductor Trần Vương Thạch, presenting a new musical piece, and guest pianist Célimène Daudet will be held at the Hà Nội Opera House tonight

Love between parents and children is the main theme of a CD for children produced by veteran composer Quỳnh Hợp.

Many foreign and Vietnamese volunteers have cleared rubbish from dumping areas and sewage canals throughout the city in the past few weeks.

For a brief moment, I thought I’d been transported to the majestic Big Sur Highway in California: stunning scenery, shimmering blue water, a rugged, rocky coastline and pristine beaches as far as the eye could see.

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Poor marketing and brand creation, and the lack of a famous brand has seen provincial crafts lagging behind and at a disadvantage in both, domestic and world markets.

The UK’s Desford Colliery Brass Band will present a concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on June 2.

DJ and music producer Young Marco from the Netherlands will appear at The Observatory on June 11.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera in cooperation with the French Institute in Việt Nam will host “A Night of French Music” concert at the city’s Opera House on June 9.